" It has been over a year, maybe two, since I last read a novel from the Young Wizards series. I was expecting a nice, shallow, YA fantasy read to space out my heavier novels. I was surprised. This wasn't a heavy novel per say, but it was not a shallow novel my any means. It deals with incredibly deep and religious themes which are fundamentally important to young peoples lives, rather than assuming, as many YA books do, that young people deal with "younger, simpler" issues than adults. I adored it and I think it exemplifies what YA fantasy should be: ageless. "
— Gerald, 2/8/2014